Deauville Industry Encounters

Deauville Indus­try Encounters

Bridg­ing French and Amer­i­can Cinema

The New Deauville Pro­fes­sion­al Program

« Our goal is for Deauville to serve as a strate­gic hub where French and Amer­i­can indus­tries can come togeth­er, bring­ing the best of who they are, to fos­ter syn­er­gies and inspire col­lab­o­ra­tions that will dri­ve the future of cin­e­ma. »

Aude Hes­bert, Direc­tor of the Festival

Since the inven­tion of cin­e­ma in France and the Unit­ed States, the influ­ences between our two coun­tries have nev­er ceased to fer­til­ize our industries.

For as long as cin­e­ma has exist­ed, Amer­i­ca has been the stuff of dreams for French pio­neers like Alice Guy and Gas­ton Méliès, who ven­tured to the Unit­ed States to set up stu­dios and pro­duce films. At the same time, Amer­i­can films were already flood­ing onto French screens. Today, Richard Lin­klater is shoot­ing Nou­velle Vague in France – a film infused with his Amer­i­can sen­si­bil­i­ty, Jim Jar­musch, the most New York of Amer­i­can film­mak­ers, is revis­it­ing Paris with Father Moth­er Sis­ter Broth­er, Rebec­ca Zlo­tows­ki is film­ing with Jodie Fos­ter in Vie Privée, Alice Winocour with Angeli­na Jolie in Cou­tures, while Coralie Fargeat tri­umphed last year at the Oscars with an all-Amer­i­can film shot entire­ly in France (The Sub­stance)…

Our two coun­tries have pre­served indus­tries that are as vital as they are unique. Two indus­tries that have many oppor­tu­ni­ties to cross paths but don’t speak the same lan­guage. Although films are still not made in France as they are in the Unit­ed States, in a con­text of accel­er­at­ing glob­al­iza­tion, syn­er­gies have become a neces­si­ty for both France and the Unit­ed States.

The Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val is a plat­form for the exchange of best prac­tices on both sides of the Atlantic, and a space for dia­logue to bet­ter under­stand each oth­er in order to col­lab­o­rate more effectively.

Reg­is­tra­tion is required:

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8 I

All ses­sions will be in Eng­lish only

Free access for accred­it­ed pro­fes­sion­als only (Press & Indus­try), sub­ject to availability.

A MATINEE DEDICATED TO THE ISSUES OF SHOOTING AND PRODUCTION
In part­ner­ship with Film France-CNC I Paris Region | Fran­­co-Ame­ri­­can Cultu­ral Fund

9:30 – 9:40 am
Open­ing speech by Aude Hesbert

9:40 – 10:25 am
France: A New Haven for U.S. Filmmaking
Keynote ses­sion on pub­lic fund­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties in France, includ­ing the Tax Rebate for Inter­na­tion­al Pro­duc­tions (TRIP) and Aide aux Ciné­mas du Monde.

Speak­ers:

• Michel Plazanet – Deputy Direc­tor of Euro­pean & Inter­na­tion­al Affairs, CNC
• Daph­né Lora – Head of Film France-CNC & Game France, CNC
• Arnaud Roland – Deputy Direc­tor of Dig­i­tal Affairs, CNC 

10:30 – 11:15 am
Case Study – The Sub­stance 

Go behind the scenes of The Sub­stance to dis­cov­er how a sto­ry set in Cal­i­for­nia was brought to life in France and how its stun­ning visu­al effects were created.

Mod­er­at­ed by Per­rine Quen­nes­son, Le Film Français

Speak­ers:

• Nico­las Roy­er – Line Pro­duc­er, Voulez-Vous Pro­duc­tion Services
• Chervin Shafaghi – Co-founder & VFX Super­vi­sor, Noid Stu­dio 

11:30 – 12:15 pm
Case Study – The Walk­ing Dead: Daryl Dixon 

Uncov­er the pro­duc­tion secrets of the icon­ic hor­ror series The Walk­ing Dead: Daryl Dixon, and see how this new chap­ter of the fran­chise was brought to life in France with insights from the pro­duc­tion team. 

Mod­er­at­ed by Elsa Keslassy, Variety

Speak­ers:

• Augustin de Bel­loy – Co-Founder & Pro­duc­er at LEFT Productions

• Raphaël Beno­liel – Line Pro­duc­er & Own­er, FIRSTEP

12:15 pm – 12:25 pm
Pre­sen­ta­tion by Joshua Astra­chan, pro­duc­er of Father Moth­er Sis­ter Brother

12:25 pm – 12:35 pm

Clos­ing remarks 

By Louis Hal­lonet, Direc­tor of Cul­tur­al Action at Sacem

AN AFTERNOON FOCUS ON ACTING IN FRANCE AND IN THE US

In part­ner­ship with ADAMI

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Inti­ma­cy Coor­di­na­tor: A Trail­blaz­ing Amer­i­can Craft
With Kather­ine O’Keefe — Inti­ma­cy Coordinator
Mod­er­at­ed by Ben Croll, Variety

4:00 – 5:00 pm
Cast­ing Direc­tor: A Key Role for actors who want to go international
With Anto­nia Dauphin & Nico­las Der­ou­et – Cast­ing Directors
Mod­er­at­ed by François Pier Péli­nard-Lam­bert, Le Film Français